This week’s fresh listings:

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Additions to www.HistoryInCoins.com for week commencing Tuesday 6th January 2026

WMH-9248: Outstanding Henry 1st Norman Kings Hammered Silver Penny. Facing bust / cross fleury type: B.M.C. X, circa 1117 only. +SPERLIG:ON:LVN - London mint town. Official test cut at 9 o'clock. There is a recent theory that not all coins were "snicked" at the mint; rather just enough to get the message across to the counterfeiters that they were very much aware of what was happening. Not a particularly rare mint-moneyer combination but in this grade, very rare and desirable. In fact of the x13 examples recorded on the excellent Fitzwilliam EMC database, this coin is superior to all of them. Annulet eyes, dimpled chin, full flan only slightly off-struck. S.R. 1271. A superb coin. £1,695

Provenance:

ex Preston collection, purchased from...

ex Alan Cherry (his original ticket)

WI-9249: 1555 Irish Mary and Philip Hammered Silver Shilling. Facing bust type. 0.250 fine silver so very much billon - it was at this point in time that large quantities of smaller denomination, earlier debased coinage (Henry VIII and Edward VI) was shipped over from London to Ireland to "satisfy the demand [of the Irish] for small change". S.R.6500. A single date, single issue, large denomination that was struck specifically for the Irish economy but not really what was required in terms of everyday run-of-the-mill market commerce. Consequently, a relatively small issue that was not repeated for the remaining three years of the reign, and due to the nature of the poor metal content, one that did not survive the rigours of time and circulation at all well. Some of you are probably wondering why it's down as Mary & Philip as opposed to the much more familiar Philip & Mary? I've never really understood why Philip always came first. Mary was Queen of Spain through marriage, so by all means have Philip and Mary there but here, Mary was the Queen through bloodline, after initially being declared illegitimate and thus barred from the line of succession following the annulment of her parents' marriage in 1533. Thankfully for Mary (and Philip), the line of succession was restored via the Third Succession Act, 1543. She was Queen of England for a year before her marriage to Philip so patriarchy aside, it's Mary & Philip, at least on this site! William & Mary, 130 odd years later, is debate for another time! This coin is arguably better overall than the Sovereign Rarity 2026 plate coin - the very best coin available to them from all the collections and databases that they have access to. Rare thus. I have certainly never seen better. £985

Provenance:

Old, unidentified ticket

ex Tim Owen

WTH-9250: Choice Elizabeth 1st Hammered Silver Tudor Penny. Second coinage, 1st December 1560 to 24th October 1561 only. Initial mark Martlet, S.R.2558. The end of September 1560 witnessed the government recalling all older coinage and literally demonetising it. The old debased coinage was circulating freely at less than face value, eg earlier English base issue halfgroats were, pre September 1560, circulating at three farthings and debased Irish issues circulating at 25% face value in London. Incidentally, a lot of this debased coinage was sent to Ireland where is was gratefully received. The English public was confused and so action was taken in the form of a brand new mint, working alongside the old one, issuing coinage at .925 fine. The original mint was the Nether Mint (situated on the west side of the Tower of London by the main entrance); the new one, again situated within the Tower of London but between the walls of the east side, was called the Upper Houses. This new Upper Houses mint, for this second coinage, struck coinage only using the privy mark Martlet, meaning that the coin on offer here originated out of the new, Upper Houses mint. An exceptionally good, choice coin. Find better! £295

Provenance:

ex Tim Owen (his original ticket)